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UK Prepares Own Version of the DMCA

Posted by michael on from the bow-to-the-inevitable dept.

philkerr writes "I've just been informed by the UK Patent Office, below, that the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive, the equivalent EU legislation to the DMCA) consultation paper has been released. It's important that we give feedback to the UK government that this legislation will have a chilling effect on the software industry." NTK has a few choice words on the subject as well. We've done several articles on the EUCD before, and Alan Cox has been campaigning against it, but it appears that the fix is in: Europe is going to get DMCA-like laws implemented in each nation by the end of 2002.

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  1. Welcome Aboard! by carrier+lost · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The only good thing I can say about this is, at least it will put an end to all the Euro-weenies who keep bragging about how they don't "have laws like that here."

    :)

    MjM

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